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Tude
08-28-02, 03:19 PM
Child of the Fifties!

I was remembering back when I was in high school and I dreamed of success as
earning $10,000 a year.............A lot of people bought really nice homes
for that amount.

A Child of the Fifties!

Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? Everybody makes fun of our
childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker.

Twenty-somethings shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really all
that bad? Judge for yourself:

In 1953 The US population was less than 150 million... Yet you knew more
people then, and knew them better... And that was good.

The average annual salary was under $3,000... Yet our parents could put some
of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life... And that was
good.

A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... But it was safe for a five-year-old
to
skate to the store and buy one... And that was good.

Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie...So
nobody's ever heard of ratings or filters...

And that was good.

We didn't have air-conditioning... So the windows stayed up and half a dozen
mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... And that was good.

Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr.

Adkins... But not MS Becky or Mr. Dan... And that was good.

The only hazardous material you knew about... Was a patch of grassburrs
around the light pole at the corner... And that was good.

Most families needed only one job... Meaning Mom was home when school let
out... And that was good.

You loved to climb into a fresh bed... Because sheets were dried on the
clothesline... And that was good.

People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives... So
"child
care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... And that was good.

Parents were respected and their rules were law.... Children did not talk
back..... and that was good.

TV was in black-and-white... But all outdoors was in glorious color.... And
that was certainly good.

Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor... And the Dad next door
knew how to adjust all the TV knobs... And that was very good.

Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard... And chickens behind the
garage... And that was definitely good.

And just when you were about to do something really bad...

Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach...

Or the nosy old lady from up the street... Or your little sister's piano
teacher... Or somebody from church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone
number... And YOUR first name... And even THAT was good! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change
things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a
list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's
incoming freshmen.

Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in
1983. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.> They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "DE
plane Boss, DE plane."

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R.

even is.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies in your life.

:banana: Semper Memories
Tude

lindagr41
08-28-02, 06:05 PM
Great post Jimmy. Even though my Good Ole' Days started in the 60's. ;)

got to love this bunny..LOL :bunny:

me

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firstsgtmike
08-29-02, 04:47 AM
Tude,

I am a child of the 50's. I was 13 when they started. In addition to your comments, I remember the music.

My Okinawan wife in the 60's, when we listened to a song together, would tell me "these words from my heart to you."

I feel sorry for the children of the 70's, 80's, and 90's. When they hear an eight car collision on the highway, and the arrival of the ambulances and fire trucks, they gaze into each other's eyes, and say "Listen dear, they're playing our song."